Ben Turner
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Currently New York correspondent with Agence France-Presse, covering the world’s biggest stories for thousand of international news outlets via the AFP wire.
I have worked on major events such as:
The US presidential election, including the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
High-profile court hearings of ex-Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, accused murderer Luigi Mangione, and Harvey Weinstein
Emergency UN Security Council meeting over the Iran war on day of first US s
Alongside breaking news, I focus on bridging politics and personal stories: producing compelling, human-centered journalism that helps us understand the forces that influence our lives.
Previously I was based in Washington, DC for AFP, and prior to that I was a news reporter delivering exclusives and investigations for the Sunday Mirror newspaper in the UK.
Selected reporting